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is, and it is very rare that all the growers of any 
locality pack their fruit in the same degree of ex- 
cellence. If the union were to exercise very strin- 
gent oversight over the packing, this difficulty might 
be overcome. If, for example, the fruit were brought 
to the union in the trays or crates directly from 
the field, and were then re-packed uniformly before 
shipment, and each grower paid for the exact amount 
of good fruit which he delivers, the union might 
prove to be very advantageous, because there should 
be an economy in the purchase of baskets, in the 
cost of packing, in transportation rates, and also in 
the finding of the best markets. The unsatisfactory 
results which have arisen from fruit unions have 
not come from inherent difficulties in the system 
so much as from the lack of a thorough business 
system of oversight to the packing and grading of 
all the different samples which are submitted. 
The number of persons who can and will grow 
a dessert quality of fruit is very few, and such 
persons can really not afford to pool their interests 
with the common run of fruit-growers. These per- 
sons are the ones who find special markets here 
and there, and they should use special and personal 
means of disposing of their produce. The more 
cities there are within a given distance, and the 
greater the number of transportation lines, the 
greater are the chances that a man will be able to 
find a personal and special market for his produce. 
An illustration of a fruit market.—A knowledge 
of the destination of fruit after it reaches a 
